Cattaraugus County-Olean
OLE · KOLE · Olean, New York · Cattaraugus County · map
Cattaraugus County-Olean is a public-use airport owned by the City of Olean, 10 miles north of Olean, New York, 2,135 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 4,800 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 16 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 25,550 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KOLE · observed 6:35 pm EDT (22:35 UTC), 17 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 50°F (10°C), dew point 32°F (0°C)
- Altimeter 30.08 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KOLE 062235Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/00 A3008 RMK AO2
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA OLE · ICAO KOLE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Olean
- Elevation
- 2,135 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1958
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 4,800 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 16/34 | 2,117 × 100 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 04: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 100 ft, 4,500 ft available for landing, trees 12 ft high 217 ft from the end
- Runway 22: LOCALIZER, PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 200 ft, 4,500 ft available for landing, trees 16 ft high 301 ft from the end
- Runway 16: tree 24 ft high 253 ft from the end
- Runway 34: tree 27 ft high 262 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Ole and aWOS-3PT | 118.375 | |
| Wayland and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.325 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 716-557-2001.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 25,550, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
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Aircraft registered in Olean from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Olean, New York: 8 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in New York.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 04 and 22; PAPI runway 04 and 22; high-intensity runway lights runway 04/22; wdi - the common traffic frequency.
- 42 to 52 feet trees, 0-200 feet from runway end, 475 feet right.
- 5-15 feet trees, 50-130 feet from runway end, 435 feet left.
- Reflective edge and thld markings.
- Reflective edge and thld markings.
- Unusable beyond 5 degreess left of centerline.
- Runway 04 clnc slope 6:1 to dthr.
- Runway 22 clnc slope 21:1 to dthr due to 53 feet tree, 969 feet. From runway end, 585 feet right.
- Snow plowing and braking action and field condition rprts not available when airport is unatndd.
- Terrain drops off on all runway ends. Runway 4: 250 feet an X 250 feet resa. Runway 22: 225 feet wide an X 110 feet long resa.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.